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• 'We're going to get it all in': Crowds brave the cold to join Santa and the Grey Cup parade

  24-11-2018 22:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stampeders, Redblacks … Roughriders? Football fans from across the country lined Jasper Avenue Saturday as the joint Grey Cup-Santa Claus parade took over downtown.
  The Ottawa Redblacks and Calgary Stampeders are set to play for Canadian football’s most vaunted trophy on Sunday. But the sea of jerseys and fan gear lining the parade route made it tough to guess which clubs are actually set to take the field.
  Edmonton Eskimos fans were out in full force, as was the brighter green Sask
  
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• Driver killed, dragged 500 metres in crash near Green Court

  24-11-2018 22:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP are looking for the driver of a “large vehicle” after a man was ejected from a car and dragged down a highway for half a kilometre.
  A man died Friday evening near Green Court after he lost control of his Kia, which crossed the median and rolled over on Highway 43. The man was ejected from the car, and police believe a larger vehicle dragged the man down the highway for about 500 metres, where he was found.
  RCMP spokesman Cpl. Leigh Drinkwater said emergency responders could not
  
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• Edmonton Oilers buck conventional wisdom, recall Jesse Puljujarvi after brief stint in Bakersfield

  24-11-2018 21:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Already in California for the big club’s three-game roadie, Edmonton Oilers brass made a stop in Ontario last night (the city, not the province) to assess the progress of their AHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors.  Apparently they were impressed with at least one element of what they saw:
  The #Oilers have recalled forward Jesse Puljujarvi from the @Condors. pic.twitter.com/aZRJNh5cZq
  — Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) November 24, 2018Puljujarvi scored the go-ahead goal earl
  
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• 'Could be worse': Crowds brave the cold to join Santa and the Grey Cup parade

  24-11-2018 19:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Crowds gathering along the Grey Cup parade route Saturday will enjoy a double-feature as Santa Claus is set to roll through downtown streets alongside Canadian football’s most vaunted trophy.
  The parade sets off from Jasper Avenue and 108 Street and 11:30 a.m. and is expected to proceed east down Jasper, north on 101 Street, and then head west on 103 Avenue before wrapping up at about 1:30 p.m.
  Postmedia sports columnist Terry Jones will marshal the CN Grey Cup Parade.
  Families with childr
  
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• Youngsters Jesse Puljujarvi, Kailer Yamamoto & Tyler Benson lead the way in Bakersfield

  24-11-2018 18:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  For the first time in forever, the Edmonton Oilers farm system is stocked with young talent.
  A group of 20-year-old forwards  are playing key minutes. Numerous young players are thriving.
  That group includes two 20-year-old first round draft picks, Kailer Yamamoto and Jesse Puljujarvi, and 20-year-old second round pick Tyler Benson, as well as attackers Cameron Hebig and Cooper Marody, who was returned to the Bake on Friday night, as well as promising d-men Ethan Bear, Caleb Jones and Will
  
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• Edmonton weather: Throw on a layer (or two) under that jersey

  24-11-2018 16:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  It could be worse? Saturday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -7 C with 7 km/h winds, and a windchill of -10 C.
  Compare that to back in 1996, when it was -24 C on this day, and there was 29 cm of snow on the ground. With an expected Saturday high of -3 C and just 30 per cent chance of flurries, it seems like one ought to take it and run. Take a hot chocolate break if you get too chilly while out at
  
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• Saturday's letters: Uninformed column on climate change

  24-11-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “What’s in a name?” Rex Murphy, Nov. 21
  The recent article dissecting the language of climate change was uninformative and at times seemed to be denying climate change altogether.
  The more accurate term would be climate change accelerated by humans. As many have pointed out, the climate does change even without the interference of people. The part I found most ridiculous was the mocking of the carbon tax because carbon dioxide is necessary for plants.
  Although it is true th
  
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• Opinion: It's time to ban mandatory high heels in Alberta eateries

  24-11-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As a restaurant owner, I’ve picked up a few wardrobe tips over the years.
  Black clothes are great for hiding stains. Anything that gets in your way isn’t worth your time. But one thing towers above the rest.
  Every worker should be free to ditch their high heels.
  My feet are object lessons. They are shaped like the shoes I threw away nearly a decade ago. Working for a restaurant chain compressed my feet into diamonds. My doctor says I’ll need surgery to undo the damage.
  Like man
  
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• St. Albert’s generosity is magnificent – thank you! - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert’s generosity is magnificent – thank you!  St. Albert GazetteLast year, the St. Albert Community Village and Food Bank gave out 2842 hampers to 8239 clients. Currently, we are distributing approximately 40000.
  
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• All politics - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  All politics  St. Albert GazetteOf pain you could wish for only one thing: that it should stop … In the face of pain there are no heroes.” – George Orwell, 1984. It's almost as if.
  
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• St. Albert's generosity is magnificent – thank you! - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 08:20 via stalbertgazette.com
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  St. Albert's generosity is magnificent – thank you!
  St. Albert Gazette
  Last year, the St. Albert Community Village and Food Bank gave out 2,842 hampers to 8,239 clients. Currently, we are distributing approximately 40,000 pounds of food each month. Last year, we received more than 500,00 pounds of food from you, the ...
  
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• Coal Mine Road problems an example of poor planning - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 08:20 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Coal Mine Road problems an example of poor planning
  St. Albert Gazette
  In response to the Nov. 10 article about the closure of Coal Mine Road, I'm (no offence) continually surprised by the Gazette coverage. The expectations are a mildly dramatized (for good reading) council summary with a few cavils tossed in. To your ...
  
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• A recycling reality check - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 08:20 via stalbertgazette.com
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  A recycling reality check
  St. Albert Gazette
  I share the frustration of B.M. Dusza about the changes to the St Albert recycling system (St. Albert Gazette, Your Views, Nov. 14). However, rather than considering the easy way out, and expressing the classic “why bother” sentiment, I am making the ...
  
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• Player grades: Edmonton can't hang on as Ducks' uncanny 6-on-5 mastery of Oilers continues

  24-11-2018 04:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 1, Ducks 2 (OT)
  I have been watchiung hockey for 55 years and I have never seen one team dominate another with the goalie pulled the way the Anaheim Ducks currently own the Edmonton Oilers.
  Consider: trailing 3-0 in Game 5 of their 2017 Pacific Division Final, the Ducks pulled their goalie and scored not one, not two, but three times to tie the game, then went on to win it in double overtime. Twice in the 2017-18 season Edmonton led late in the third period only to see the Ducks storm bac
  
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• Getting to the Grey Cup: Manoeuvring your way around city streets

  24-11-2018 03:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  With a number of road closures and alternate bus routes, fans attending Sunday’s Grey Cup at Commonwealth Stadium will need a solid game plan of their own to get to and from the big game.
  Taking LRT
  The city is recommending fans take advantage of public transit with Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) offering free LRT service from 11 a.m. until two hours after the game for anyone with a ticket to the Grey Cup. Children 12 and under who are accompanied by an adult can also ride for free.
  The Ca
  
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• New Edmonton police grad class includes officers from Poland, Somalia, Zimbabwe

  24-11-2018 02:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police graduated 29 new recruits hailing from a half-dozen countries in a ceremony at city hall Friday.
  Members of Recruit Training Class 142 officially became police officers during the afternoon graduation.
  A police news release said it is a diverse group, including recruits from Canada as well as China, Italy, Poland, Romania, Somalia and the United States.
  One of the new officers, 33-year-old Const. Kyle Pepper, comes from Zimbabwe.
  Pepper, who will work in patrol out of the city&rs
  
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• Watch: Body Worlds showcases the inner workings of animals

  24-11-2018 02:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Starting next Friday, more than 100 plastinates of the most incredible animals on the planet will be on display at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton.
  A bull, a giraffe, a giant squid and a reindeer have been preserved in a special process of plastination, invented by Body Worlds creator and anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens.
  The animals’ skin has been removed to reveal the intricate inner workings of some very majestic animals.Visitors will be able to view the animals from a seldom see
  
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• An early peek at Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out

  24-11-2018 02:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  A trip to the zoo will only give you part of the picture.
  That’s how Body Worlds installation director Sven Rosenberger sees live creatures. Now he’s tasked with overseeing more than 100 animals that have been meticulously preserved, dissected and ‘plastinated’ for posterity.
  In preparation for next Friday’s opening of the Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out exhibit, workers busily drilled, assembled, hauled and unwrapped six semi-trailers worth of the globe-trotting spe
  
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• Telus tower to keep downtown connected - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 02:21 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Telus tower to keep downtown connected
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  A temporary Telus tower in downtown St. Albert will prevent massive cellular disruption among the company's customers as its building undergoes renovations. The company hosted an open house Thursday to educate the public about the tower. If built, the ...
  
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• Environment File: plastic bag ban advice and community solar - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 02:21 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Environment File: plastic bag ban advice and community solar
  St. Albert Gazette
  St. Albert should think big and aim to ban sales of all single-use plastic items, say the city's environmental advisors. The city's Environmental Advisory Committee finalized its advice to city council on a single-use plastic bag ban Thursday ...
  
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• Council funds Carrot Creek drainage plan - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 02:21 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Council funds Carrot Creek drainage plan
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  St. Albert councillors hope to team up with their Sturgeon County counterparts to create a drainage plan for Carrot Creek. St. Albert council voted Nov. 19 to spend $1 million from the city's offsite levy fund to start design and land purchase work for ...
  
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• Man hiding in ceiling arrested after police chase, lockdown at Lac La Biche college

  24-11-2018 02:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A northern Alberta man was arrested after a lengthy flight from police Thursday that ended when officers found him hidden in the ceiling of a classroom at a Lac La Biche college.
  Portage College was locked down Thursday after the 25-year-old suspect, who was wanted by police for allegedly operating a chop shop, escaped from officers.
  In October, police appealed to the public for help finding the wanted man, identified in a Friday news release as Derek Gladue of Beaver Lake. Police said he was wa
  
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• Three to See on Saturday: CanCon rock, Mike Plume and Dungeons and Dragons improv

  24-11-2018 01:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Loverboy, Trooper and Kim Mitchell: The Grey Cup — where it’s perfectly acceptable for nines to dress up as threes! If you still listen to music at drive time in Edmonton, you’re probably well conditioned to hearing these AM radio bands three to eleven times a day.
  But why not double down with a little face-to-face Mike Reno and the gang and a can of sponsorship beer I’m not going to name because they didn’t pay me?
  Headlining — turn me loose, baby — it&
  
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• CFL teams up with organizations to help end gender-based violence ahead of Grey Cup

  24-11-2018 01:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Men need to stand up and call out other men’s disrespectful attitudes and behaviours toward women if society is to put an end gender-based violence.
  That was the message from Friday’s launch of a joint campaign between the Canadian Football League and several organizations in Edmonton ahead of the Grey Cup on Sunday.
  The Ending Violence Association Canada, Status of Women Canada and United Steelworkers groups teamed up with the CFL to push the message that men need to be more than by
  
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• Keith Gerein: New dental fee guide shows progress in its first year, but price pains remain

  24-11-2018 01:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  My next appointment at the dentist is still a couple of months away, but already I’m planning on a different approach to the visit.
  Much to the chagrin of my hygienist, I’m not talking about an upsurge in my flossing performance, but rather an overdue conversation that needs to happen.
  You see, I like the atmosphere in the dental office and the quality of care.
  Yet I haven’t bothered to ask whether the fees my dentist charges are low, average or high compared with his colleague
  
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• Watch: CFL joins campaign to end violence against women

  24-11-2018 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rolly Lumbala, a member of the B.C. Lions Football Club, spoke out against gender-based violence during a campaign announcement launched from the CFL, the Ending Violence Association of Canada, Status of Women Canada, and United Steelworkers that was held at Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton on Friday.
  “This campaign builds on the gender-based violence prevention work many of the teams have been doing, teaching youth and adults alike how they can speak up and be more than bystanders,” s
  
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• Youth working to stop poverty - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 01:18 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Youth working to stop poverty
  St. Albert Gazette
  Law firm Dentons has helped the United Way's Make Your Mark on Poverty program by offering grants of up to $1,000 each to 21 area schools including four from St. Albert. The funding is intended to support student projects focused on raising awareness ...
  
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• Jeff Wedman earns St. Albert UCP nomination - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 01:18 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Jeff Wedman earns St. Albert UCP nomination
  St. Albert Gazette
  Jeff Wedman has earned the nod from local conservatives to represent the St. Albert riding's United Conservative Party (UCP) members in the upcoming provincial election. Wedman, an Edmonton police officer who has served in the past as the interim ...
  
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• Christmas Glow is St. Albert's new light festival - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 01:18 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Christmas Glow is St. Albert's new light festival
  St. Albert Gazette
  As the sun dips below the horizon at 5 p.m. and darkness covers the region, Christmas Glow is the new light festival designed to dispel winter blues. More than 500,000 lights have been strung across the Enjoy Centre's greenhouse to create an ...and more »
  
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• Budget debates begin next week - St. Albert Gazette

  24-11-2018 01:18 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Budget debates begin next week
  St. Albert Gazette
  Budget deliberations will begin next week and members of city council will be going over motions that will either add or removing funding from projects and programs throughout the city. By press time on Friday, there were 21 council motions listed on ...
  
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